To:              All Councillors, Directors, and Elected Officials

From:          Aaron E. Haith, General Counsel

Date:          December 20, 2007

Re:             Submission of Council Proposals

The Rules of the Council provide that the deadline for submission of requests to the General Counsel for drafting and introduction of proposals at the 2007 City-County Council meetings will be before noon on the following dates:

CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING DATES	SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR DRAFTING BY GENERAL COUNSEL	SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION
Monday, January 07, 2008	Friday, December 14, 2007	Friday, December 28, 2007
Monday, January 28, 2008	Friday, January 4, 2008	Thursday, January 17, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008	Friday, January 18, 2008	Friday, February 1, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008	Friday, February 08, 2008	Friday, February 22, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008	Friday, February 29, 2008	Thursday, March 13, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008	Thursday, March 20, 2008	Friday, April 04, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008	Friday, April 04, 2008	Friday, April 18, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008	Friday, April 25, 2008	Friday, May 09, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008	Friday, May 09, 2008	Thursday, May 22, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008	Friday, May 30, 2008	Friday, June 13, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008	Friday, June 27, 2008	Friday, July 11, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008	Friday, July 18, 2008	Friday, August 01, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008	Friday, August 15, 2008	Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008	Friday, August 29, 2008	Friday, September 12, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008	Friday, September 12, 2008	Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008	Friday, October 03, 2008	Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008	Friday, October 24, 2008	Friday, November 7, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008	Friday, November 7, 2008	Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Council Rules, Code Sections 151-61 through 151-66 and 151-74, apply to preparation and introduction of proposals.  Requests for fiscal ordinances must be first submitted to the Office of Finance and Management.  The introduction deadlines stated above assume that the Controller has approved fiscal ordinances before such deadlines.

Only Councillors may introduce proposals.  Unless a Councillor shall have personally requested the General Counsel to prepare the proposal, any requests for introduction shall include the signature of the Councillor willing to sponsor the proposal.  As indicated by the third column of dates, when a proposal requires drafting by the General Counsel, it must be received two weeks prior to the deadline for submission of proposals for introduction in order to allow time for drafting. 

Only the President of the Council is authorized to waive these deadlines.

AH/ag